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Klopfenpop makes the eight-year anniversary all bloopy The teacher/rapper/hero known asMegaRanhas gone back to his roots in more ways than one for his most recent release, with the help of rapper and producerKlopfenpop. For the eight-year anniversary of Random’s debut album,The Call, Ran recruited Klop to help bring back some of his classic, straight forward hiphop tracks with new 8-bit chiptune beats. The resulting mashup of old-school flavors is now available onBandcamp, iTunes and Spotify, with a limited vinyl release on the way....

I love that controller Japan lovesMonster Hunter, so Capcom is taking a chance to capitalize on that popularity with some neato goodies. If you somehow haven’t gotten a PS4 yet, there will be two bundles that come with a copy ofWorldcalled “Starter Packs.” Sporting Jet Black and Glaicer White color schemes, these consoles are oddly 500 GB PS4 slims, but that is better than nothing. The packs will retail for 35,980 yen....

Way to make us feel insignificant Rockstar North alone has a staff of around 360. But that’s nothing compared to the number of people who worked onGrand Theft Auto V. According to president Leslie Benzies in an interview withDevelop, “it [now] takes 1,000 people to make a game, that’s a requirement.” Actually, “It’s probably more, much more” in the case ofGTA V. Of course, that’s spread across multiple studios, which is “the way we work now,” says Benzies — “everyone works onGTA, orRed Dead, and so on, then we move on to the next thing....

Directed by Audition’s Takashi Miike Netflix is continuing to expand its catalog of video game anime adaptations,with the revealof a brand new animated series based on Capcom’s celebrated samurai franchise,Onimusha. The new anime will focus on the violent road trodden by series protagonist Musashi Miyamoto. Now in his later years, the stoic swordsman continues his endless battle against the terrifying demon race known as “Genma.” With a steel blade and Oni gauntlet in hand, Musashi will face numerous opposition from the darker side of the afterlife in his efforts to cleanse Edo-era Japan of its evil oppressors....

You should know by now that Sony and Square Enix team up to release a special limited edition PSP whenever a new title comes out, and we were becoming kind of numb to that, but now thisFinal Fantasy VII 10th Anniversary Limitededition system has us excited again. Fanboys are so easy and predictable! This PSP is sleek and silver, and is decorated with theFinal Fantasy VII 10th Anniversarylogo as well as some nifty Cloud and Zach spiky-haired boy art....

The game has changed, my friends One of the coolest game shows from back in the day wasNick Arcadeon Nickelodeon. For those too young to remember or living outside the US, it was a quiz show with a videogame hook. There would be “Video Challenge” rounds in which contestants would play one of the available 16-bit games and attempt to meet a specified score or goal. And the winning team from the main game would get to enter the “Video Zone,” a virtual reality room that literally put the playersinsidea videogame....

Also, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance If you’re aFinal Fantasyfan you’re in luck this week. The Wii U is kicking things off withFinal Fantasy Tactics Advance(GBA VC), as well asShadow Puppeteer, Joe’s Diner, Level 22,andLEGO Marvel’s Avengers,Mini-Games Madness Volume #1. On the 3DS we haveFinal Fantasy Explorers, Hello Kitty’s Magic Apron, RV-7 My Drone,andCrazy Train(DSi). It’s also getting its own version ofAvengers. If you missed last week’s edition,here it is. As for what I’m getting, I already haveExplorers, and I’m working my way throughLEGO Marvel’s Avengersnow....

Trouble in paradise Hackers. Crackers. Script kiddies. They can be called however you like, but the danger they cause to online ecosystems is undeniable. Only a year into its lifespan, the security exploits made public for the Nintendo Switch mean a lot of potential problems for the system’s online future. Their effects on competitive multiplayer online games are obvious.Splatoon 2content becomes available early.Weapons become unfair. But even games with light online functionalities are vulnerable to hacker abuse....

After a decade-long hiatus, we finally have a new mainlinePikminmainline entry in our hands. The adorable plant creatures are back, and this time they are joined byOatchi the lovable rescue pup. Though the series hasstruggled a bit in the past,Pikmin 4has made quite a splash since its launch, managing to reach the top of the Japan sales charts. Pikmin 4has a successful launch As revealed by Gemastu,Pikmin 4has sold 401,853 physical copies in its first week....

The emotional side to these tough guys TheGears of Warfranchise has a history across its four titles of releasing some of the best cinematic trailers in gaming. Despite the series’ reputation of being all about impossibly muscle-bound space marines murdering everything from behind chest-high walls, the trailers mostly focus on a more human element. Yes, as adrenaline-fueled as the games are, the videos usually seem to effectively convey the bleaker side of war....

It looked like a ton of work Have you ever seen the “GameCube portable?” Well it was fake. Until now, I guess! Born of out legend like all of those orb-based fake mockups, this is just one of a long line of made-up machines (it’s still happening, as recently as the PS5 and Switch). As far as the GameCube portable is concerned, it’s a reality now.Modder GingerOfOztook up the gargantuan task of creating the “fake GameCube portable,” which supposedly took discs and used a clamshell design similar to a Game Boy Advance SP....

It’s finally here! It seems like I’ve been writing aboutRetro City Rampagefor as long as I’ve been writing about games, but the day of sweet release has finally arrived and you can pick up the game right now on PC (through Steam and GOG.com), PS3 and PS Vita. While you’re waiting for your download to complete (you did go and start that, right?), enjoy the game’s launch trailer seen above....

Square Enix is showing off their powerful new graphics engine with renderings of a parking garage. Woo. Their Luminous Studio engine was covered at the Square Enix Open Conference, a technology event that Square Enix held at its Shinjuku office this past weekend.Andriasangsays that these pictures were distributed to event attendees. While a parking garage isn’t very exciting, the lighting in the realtime shots is something. Looking at the side-by-side images, it’s hard to pick the fake one at first glance....